petitioned for leave to build a town wall to protect themselves from the harrying of the Scots.

These walls have entirely disappeared, though there is still a postern gate in Friar's Wyend and a bar on Carnforth Hill.

The market-place is very spacious, and Richmond seems to be a handsome, thriving town; but the great tower of the castle is the important feature; it is marvellous in its masonic strength. Much earlier in date, its masonry looks as fresh and perfect as the

famous Tower at Lillebonne-there is no footing for a weed between its closely set stones. The wall that surrounds the triangular enclosure of the Castle seems to rise out of the perpendicular rock, which goes down to the Swale brawling over broken stones below. There is a charming view from the walk below the wall. Within the enclosure are several ruined towers. The first is called Robin Hood's Tower, and has a chapel within it; the next is called the Gold Tower, because a quantity of treasure is said to have been found here. Within this tower is a low arched doorway, and this is said to be the entrance to a subterranean passage